Ronald Reagan in Hollywood: Movies and Politics » (New Edition)

Explores the relationship between the motion picture industry and American politics.

Preface;

Part I. The Making of a Star:

1. Dixon;
2. Learning to Communicate;
3. From Rags to Riches;
4. Reform;
5. Stereotypes and Taboos;
6. The Inertia Projector;
7. Lessons from the Past;
8. Warmongering;
9. Flying a Desk for the Army Air Corps;

Part II. The Making of an Anti-Communist:
10. A False Start;
11. Labor and the Rise to Power;
12. The 'Un-Americans';
13. Eclipse of Liberalism;
14. Black Dignity;
15. Selling Hollywood;
16. 'To Capture the Minds of Men';
17. Loyalty;
18. A Troubled Time: Movies and Divorce;
19. 'A Fork in the River'; Abbreviations; Notes; References; Index; Photographs.